This work of public art, titled Comma, was produced by sculptor Po Shu Wang in 2007.
Po Shu Wang’s sculpture blends art with science and encourages passersby to interact with and muse on natural phenomena. He is particularly interested in natural, obscure sounds. Although not always audible, the natural world, ranging from planets and stars to molecules and atoms of DNA, hums its own tune. Po Shu Wang’s artwork addresses such questions as what sounds the movement of the earth’s crust makes, or what sounds the sun makes. The work entitled (sic) Comma, inspired by the sunny West Texas climate, ponders the latter question.
However, on this lonely day in early January nine days before students return, there were few passersby to ring the bells on either side of the sculpture. The campus and the bells were silent.
I'm a cognitive scientist and communication scholar who manages a psychophysiology lab at Texas Tech. I teach courses about the cognitive processing of media messages and research methods.
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